The new $50m facility will house 450 scientists in Rockville, Maryland to work across 12 vaccine development programmes, alongside the non-profit Biopreparedness organisation (BPO).
An Ebola viral vector vaccine in development by Profectus BioSciences works in monkeys against the virus strain currently infecting humans in West Africa.
There is no evidence that Ebola arrived on Earth from the stars, say a number of virologists, debunking media speculation that viruses had their origins in the Milky Way.
Lack of funding is threatening development of a nasal spray vaccine shown to provide long-term protection for non-human primates against the Ebola virus, the lead researcher told this publication in an exclusive interview.
The World Health Organisation says a meeting between drugmakers and high-level government representatives last week has yielded plans to fast-track scale-up of Ebola vaccines in the face of incomplete trials and leaked production problems.
As the death toll from the world’s most expansive Ebola outbreak nears 1,000, multiple companies are stepping up efforts to bring antibodies and other vaccines to human trials, though none seem likely to be ready until 2015 at the earliest.
The worst Ebola virus outbreak in history continues to spread in West Africa as biopharma companies are hampered by funding issues in trying to bring treatments and vaccines to human trials, a scientist says.
The draft guidance aims to provide sponsors of virus or bacteria-based gene therapy products (VBGT products) and oncolytic viruses or bacteria (oncolytic products) with recommendations on how to conduct shedding studies during preclinical and clinical...
PPD has expanded its central lab testing services at its Brussels and Singapore labs and will offer additional services in microbiology, peripheral blood mononuclear cell and molecular pathology services.
Taiwan’s efforts to position itself as a major biotechnology hub received a further boost today with the opening of Merck KGaA’s dedicated technology training centre in Xizhi City, Taipei County.